Concept Note The last few years have seen a slow down of growth in agricultural production in several Asia-Pacific countries leading to food shortages and spiralling food prices. The poor and vulnerable sections have been especially hard hit causing the recent surge in hungry and undernourished people. Under the prevailing conditions, most of the developing [...]

This unique conference will bring together agricultural expects, and policy makers, based within and outside of South Africa to foster scientific collaborations with the potential to create new pathways out of poverty for African farming families by addressing issues related to the crops and livestock on which they depend. The gathering will, also, discuss how [...]

The Expert Consultation on ‘Strengthening Linkages between Research and Extension to Promote Food and Nutrition Security’ on 11-12 December, 2013 is jointly organized by the Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSA) through the SATNET Asia project and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with inputs from the Asia-Pacific [...]

The ICRISAT’s Center of Excellence (CoE) in Genomics (CEG,http://ceg.icrisat.org/) as a part of Critical Focus area-Molecular Breeding announced the 5th International Conference on Next Generation Genomics and Integrated Breeding (NGGIBCI-2015) for Crop Improvement at ICRISAT Campus, Greater Hyderabad, India. This Conference is being organized in continuation of its earlier four meetings/workshops on NGS data analysis(http://ceg.icrisat.org/1-ngs.htm; http://ceg.icrisat.org/2-ngs.htm; http://ceg.icrisat.org/3-ngs.htm [...]

Land Development Department (LDD), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thailand, in collaboration with International Union of Soil Sciences, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Institut de recherché pour le developpement, Asian Development Bank, Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand, Soil and Water Conservation Society of Thailand and Kasetsart University organize the International Soil [...]